Tribune Content Agency (C)2017 Tribune Content Agency, LLC. “I read that U.S. students are only in the 75th percentile in math,” Rose remarked in the club lounge. “At least we’re in the top 10,” Unlucky Louie said. Math is not Louie’s forte. But when declarer must combine chances for a contract (my topic this week), a knowledge of percentages is...

Tribune Content Agency (C)2017 Tribune Content Agency, LLC. Cy the Cynic continues to battle his weight. I think Cy’s idea of exercise is to combine a crunch with a lunge: In a word, he has lunch. Cy was declarer at today’s 3NT. He took the king of hearts and wanted the next eight tricks since West’s hearts were ready to...